I had two friends lose their jury cases last week and another one win his. It caused me to think about why that might happen and how we approach our cases is so important to the outcome. Here are some rambling personal views about the subject. In one of the cases the trial tookfive weeks, but it only took thejurytwohours to bring in a defense verdict. That very likely means they never changed their minds from the start of the…
We usually face a defense that our client, the plaintiff, was himself or herself negligent and that their own negligence was the cause of the injuries they are suing over. This is a common defense we have to deal with. I’ve collected a few arguments on that subject and here isa collection ofthem. COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE Ordinary care means average – a C student – not an A student. The law does not require the plaintiffto be an A student in…
John Branch wrote an article in the Times Digest about two basketball players, Eric Devendorf and Josh Heytvelt. Eric was on the Syracuse college team and Josh on Gonzaga’s team. Both were important players needed by the teams to win when each of them got into serious trouble. Eric was accused of hitting a female student in face and Josh of having a bag of hallucinogenic mushrooms when involved in a traffic stop. The story was about how very differently…